Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33329977-20180704165632/@comment-6769189-20190530171423

Davidhater wrote:

You don't know whom this claim came from - but know it's official, I posted the link, and they don't need to reconfirm it every other day for doubting Thomases. Official =/= canon

Davidhater wrote:

Also I don't think Joe was ever stated to take place in the same story continuity as DMC (in Kamiya's headcanon they maybe are). DF wasnt stated to be the canon version of DMC4, but by your logic, simply existing and being published by Capcom makes it so.

Davidhater wrote:

And I can't find the status of Dreamwave comics on any off.sites - it could be alternative/non-canon. It is officially licensed by Capcom, but i can tell you it is nothing like the game.

Davidhater wrote:

L/G/P is not a contradiction, since the game doesn't tell where the Order got them from, and something not shown =/= couldn't have happened. Retrieving DA's before boss fights is a miniscule story/gameplay necessity difference. And DF is a later entry to 4. L/P/G is a contradiction because Lady said that problems only excalated because Trish brought Sparda. Ladybalso mentuined that the Order was already collecting Devil Arms prior to Trish/Dante going there.

It is also not mentioned that Dante owned them or that Trish brought them in the Devil Arm files in 4SE, which featured new/updated file entries.

Also, if it wasnt shown or stated, it didnt happen.

Davidhater wrote:

Nero's visions - same as above - could've happened, just not shown. If it wasnt stated/shown, it didnt happen. Nero also didn't recognize Vergil upon his resurrection.

Davidhater wrote:

RQ/BR - most probably retcon in 5, but Nero also could've made new ones. It is not a retcon in 5, because it was an idea that was scrapped from 4's original release and not incorporated into 4SE. In both versions of the game Nero uses Blue Rose after leaving the Savior so they didnt melt and it isnt stated or shown in any subsequent materials that Nero rebuilt them.

Either DF is no longer canon after 4:SE or wasnt canon in the first place. Im going with the latter